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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Thursday 28 January 2010
Chicony and Sunrex to see revenues drop in 1Q10
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard makers Sunrex Technology and Chicony Electronics expect to see sequential drops in their first-quarter 2010 revenues, but declines will be smaller...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Rugged notebook maker Crete expects 20% revenue growth in 2010
Taiwan-based rugged notebook maker Crete System expects its revenues from retail channel business to increase 20-30% on year and 20% for its rugged device business benefiting from...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
LED to surpass CCFL in large-size LCD backlights in 2011, says DisplaySearch
LED backlight units (BLUs) will surpass CCFL/EEFL BLUs in large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2011, and achieve 74% penetration in 2013, according to DisplaySearch.
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Supply of protective components tightens
Taiwan-based protective component makers have seen better-than-expected order volumes in January, with the shortage gap reaching tens of millions of units, according to market sources...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Quanta dismisses report it is vying for Asustek orders
Quanta Computer has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) denying a January 25 Chinese-language Commercial Times report which stated the company is working...
Monday 25 January 2010
Notebook component makers to see dropping prices in 2010
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connectors and hinges, are expected to see their selling prices drop in 2010 as notebook makers are transferring the pressure from...
Monday 25 January 2010
Taiwan notebook makers consider setting up common supply-chain platform
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec are considering establishing a common component supply chain platform, according to industry...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Toshiba patent complaint to have little impact, says Wistron
Wistron has commented on a recent patent complaint over notebook technologies lodged by Toshiba, saying that shipment volumes of affected notebook models are very small and so the...
Thursday 21 January 2010
HP to launch mini-projectors; integration into notebooks a future possibility
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to push two major product lines for 2010 - tablet PCs and mini-projectors, according to Monty Wong, vice president and manager of personal computing...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Notebook IC houses revise upward revenue projections for 1Q10
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Richtek Technology, Anpec Electronics, Ene Technology and Integrated Technology Express (ITE), have recently...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Quanta to build third manufacturing site in China
Quanta Computer has announced it will build a new production base in Chongqing, in addition to its two existing plants located in Songjiang and Changshu, China, according to a filing...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
MSI introduces USB 3.0 motherboard and new ultra-thin notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced its USB 3.0-ready motherboard, the P55-GD85.
Tuesday 19 January 2010
China investors interested in Taiwan notebook and panel industries, says paper
China-based qualified domestic institutional investors (QDIIs) have shown their interest in Taiwan's panel and notebook industries, according to a Chinese-language report on Economic...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Taiwan notebook, panel related IC designers to see double-digit growth in January, 1Q10
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their January and first-quarter 2010 revenues both grow by at least 10% sequentially with increasing orders from notebook and panel...
Monday 18 January 2010
APCB expects 30% growth in 2010 on PCB demand from notebook segment
Advence Printed Circuit Board (APCB) expects to see 30% on-year revenue growth at both of its Taiwan and China plants in 2010 on demand for notebook related PCBs, according to the...